Recent News

Entries are being accepted until 5 p.m. on Sept. 28 for East Central University’s ‘A Super Tiger Homecoming 2012’ parade, set for noon on Oct. 6 on Ada’s Main Street.

Ada area businesses as well as current ECU registered student organizations are encouraged to participate. The parade is open to floats (trailer pulled by vehicle), decorated car or truck, marching bands and walkers.

The University Chorale of East Central University was recently chosen by the Oklahoma Music Educators Association as a university-level honor group for 2013.

The honor groups are chosen anonymously by a panel of choral directors from across the state of Oklahoma.

The University Chorale, under the direction of Dr. J. Steven Walker, will perform for the OMEA at its state convention in Tulsa, Jan. 16-19, 2013. This will be the Chorale’s fourth appearance for this prestigious performance since 1989.

East Central University will host the Fall 2012 Career, Internship and Graduate/Professional School Fair on Wednesday, Oct. 3, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Bill S. Cole University Center on the ECU campus.

Twelve East Central University students were awarded funding under the NASA National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program for the 2012-2013 academic year.

These awards are competitive and applications are reviewed by a committee on campus. The awards are not discipline specific and students must meet required criteria and submit several forms for consideration.

Constitution Day will be observed at East Central University on Monday, Sept. 17, with a lecture by Dr. Carolyn Long entitled “Employment Division v. Smith After 20 Years: Religious Liberty and Contemporary Policy Issues.”

The lecture, co-sponsored by the Rothbaum Lecture and Hayes Native American Studies Center, will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Ataloa Theatre in the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center on the ECU campus.

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interact to educate students for life in a rapidly changing and culturally diverse society. Within its service area,
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